UNIT 1 -- KINEMATICS -- VECTOR ADDITION

Kinematics involves the study of motion. Inherent in the study of motion is the application of vector quantities. We will review how to add colinear and non- colinear vectors, the application of trigonometry to vector addition, and the resolving of vectors into vector components to simplify complex vector addition situations.

Assignment	Assignment Solutions
WORKSHEET -- VECTORS.pdf	WS-VECTORS.pdf
WORKSHEET_COLINEAR VECTORS.pdf	WS_COLINEAR VECTOR ADDITION.pdf
HANDOUT_TRIG.pdf
WORKSHEET_TRIGONOMETRY.pdf
WORKSHEET_PYTH_TRIG.pdf	WS_PYTH_TRIG.pdf
WORKSHEET_PRACTISING TRIG FUNCTIONS.pdf	WS_PRACTISING TRIG FUNCTIONS.pdf
WORKSHEET_MORE TRIG PRACTICE.pdf	WS_MORE TRIG PRACTICE.pdf
WORKSHEET_Practice Makes Perfect_Displacement and Vector Components.pdf	WS_Practice Makes Perfect_Displacement and Vector Components.pdf

The links that appear below will direct you to some of the simple vector concepts that we have discussed. These links use the counterclockwise method for indicating the vector direction (ignore this method -- think of the way in which we described the direction in class; the result should be intuitive).
Vector Directions
Vector Addition
Order of Vector Addition Does Not Matter
These links, from the same site, review the concept of the "component of a vector" and how to "resolve a vector" into its components.
Vector Components
Resolving A Vector Into Its Components